The Scruuge are a sect of radical idealists, motivated by greed and deeply envious of others. The Scruuge claim that the galaxy is too overpopulated, and they directly interfere with trade and government aid programs, especially during busy seasonal trade cycles. Ships are asked to engage and reclaim any gifts taken by the Scruuge if found.

During the Scruuge event, the following temporary effects apply to the entire Galaxy:-The Scruuge will sometimes blockade random planets.-Planetary scans have a chance to reveal a 'Scruuge Keystone'.

Note, "Matching Mini-Game" must be completed before you get the artifact.

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We managed to capture a strange crate from one of the Scruuge ships, but the encryption lock has proved to be difficult. See what you can do to remove the container's safeguards and determine what is inside.

[ Planet Structure - Size:1, Mining:2, Artifact:1, Defense:2000 ]If built on a planet with a Scruuge Calibration Chamber already constructed, all bonuses of the Cargo Pad are doubled.Limit 1 per planet.

You acquire a Scruuge Keystone Upgrade (artifact) while scanning the planet.

Scruuge Keystone II UpgradeUpgrades an existing Scruuge Keystoneon your planet to a Scruuge Keystone II,increasing artifact and research bonuses by 1, and attack by 10%.

500 energy to use.

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Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:14 am

ActualFate

Joined: Tue May 20, 2014 1:56 amPosts: 476

Re: 2016 Christmas Event: The Scruuge

Out of 14 finds, 4 were Keystone Upgrades.

Also, you should note that the new Scruuge Hoarding Vault VI is NOT extractable, so be mindful of where you use these.

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Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:45 am

Pitch Ninja

Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:42 amPosts: 1083

Re: 2016 Christmas Event: The Scruuge

ActualFate wrote:

Out of 14 finds, 4 were Keystone Upgrades.

Also, you should note that the new Scruuge Hoarding Vault VI is NOT extractable, so be mindful of where you use these.

good to know. The V's and lower are but will note in wiki. ALSO, can someone be on the lookout to see if the rank range for the Hub-GMU-3's has been changed?

Wed Dec 07, 2016 12:47 am

ActualFate

Joined: Tue May 20, 2014 1:56 amPosts: 476

Re: 2016 Christmas Event: The Scruuge

Pitch Ninja wrote:

ActualFate wrote:

Out of 14 finds, 4 were Keystone Upgrades.

Also, you should note that the new Scruuge Hoarding Vault VI is NOT extractable, so be mindful of where you use these.

good to know. The V's and lower are but will note in wiki. ALSO, can someone be on the lookout to see if the rank range for the Hub-GMU-3's has been changed?

The upper rank is 7000. I didn't catch the lower - I think it's 400/500, so probably not changed.

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Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:02 am

Texas Toast

Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:44 pmPosts: 705

Re: 2016 Christmas Event: The Scruuge

Disappointed in the Thraccti upgrade. While an extra 1x MR cap is nice, the lower energy cost isn't that attractive, and lowering the cooldown timer was pretty much the only way to get me to buy the last couple of upgrades for him.

Disappointed in the Thraccti upgrade. While an extra 1x MR cap is nice, the lower energy cost isn't that attractive, and lowering the cooldown timer was pretty much the only way to get me to buy the last couple of upgrades for him.

There was no lowred cooldown for his ability. There was for Cuniculus but never thraccti. It was always and energy decrease, an increase of tribute richness, and of course his passive raid bonus

Disappointed in the Thraccti upgrade. While an extra 1x MR cap is nice, the lower energy cost isn't that attractive, and lowering the cooldown timer was pretty much the only way to get me to buy the last couple of upgrades for him.

There was no lowred cooldown for his ability. There was for Cuniculus but never thraccti. It was always and energy decrease, an increase of tribute richness, and of course his passive raid bonus

Correct. Hence why I'm disappointed, and why I haven't upgraded Thraccti the last couple years. I was hoping that there'd be a cooldown reduction this year. I was hoping that last year too. Would have been some easy GP for Dan since I'd have had to do all the upgrades to get to that.

Disappointed in the Thraccti upgrade. While an extra 1x MR cap is nice, the lower energy cost isn't that attractive, and lowering the cooldown timer was pretty much the only way to get me to buy the last couple of upgrades for him.

There was no lowred cooldown for his ability. There was for Cuniculus but never thraccti. It was always and energy decrease, an increase of tribute richness, and of course his passive raid bonus

Correct. Hence why I'm disappointed, and why I haven't upgraded Thraccti the last couple years. I was hoping that there'd be a cooldown reduction this year. I was hoping that last year too. Would have been some easy GP for Dan since I'd have had to do all the upgrades to get to that.